Sunday, HallD, 10:00am - 10:30am
Today there is an unprecedented opportunity to do good using public data. The main bottleneck is that we can't direct enough statisticians to work on humanitarian projects. At MIT we’ve been developing BayesDB, an open-source platform that addresses some of the these problems. Novice BayesDB users can answer data analysis questions in seconds or minutes with a level of rigor that otherwise requires hours or days of work by someone with advanced training in statistics plus good statistical judgment. This talk will focus on what and why BayesDB is, not how it works. It will use examples from collaborations with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Boston Children's Hospital, showing how BayesDB can jointly analyze neuroimaging data and survey data collected from kids in slums in India. It will also discuss new initiatives aimed at using BayesDB to build empirical maps of poverty, inequality, and psychological suffering. Examples include data on PTSD vulnerability and resilience in US Army Veterans, including data on adverse events caused by psychotropic medication, and on electronic health record data for members of poor, rural US populations. It will also include a brief review of other AI technology being developed by my lab, the MIT Probabilistic Computing Project.

published:18 Jun 2017

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Philippe Lévêque, CEO of CAREFrance, describes how a trip to Africa changed his life for good. Graduated from HEC Paris in 1982, Philippe Lévêque began his career at IBM France and then became Marketing Director of Systar Inc. After spending a year in Africa, he decided to adopt the humanitarian cause. In May 2000, Philippe Lévêque was appointed CEO of CARE France.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

published:14 Nov 2013

views:1087

Working in emergencies is both rewarding and challenging. There is a high risk of burnout in humanitarian and aid work, so it is important to monitor your own wellbeing.
This short video will help you to recognise some causes and signs of burnout, and provide you with practical tips to prevent burnout and increase your resilience.

published:05 Oct 2017

views:1522

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published:18 Mar 2011

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Yemen has been facing its worst humanitarian crisis in decades. Thousands of people have been killed and millions have been displaced after Saudi Arabia launched a military offensive in 2015.
The poorest country in the Arab world has become a playground for regional and international powers.
Saudi Arabia considers Houthi rebels, who control vast swathes of the country, an Iranian ally and a direct threat to their security.
Three years into the war, the country has been devastated and civilians are bearing the brunt of the war.
About 17 million Yemenis will face famine if humanitarian aid does not reach them soon.
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The UN hopes to combat world hunger and poverty by 2030. But more than 800 million people still suffer chronic undernutrition - a quarter of them in Africa.
Hunger is one of the most common reasons why people flee their homelands. Politicians repeatedly say that the causes behind so many people leaving Africa for Europe have to be addressed. Can the development aid work performed by private companies bring about the desired change? The United Nations has set itself ambitious goals: eradicating poverty and hunger around the world by 2030. To achieve this, state development agencies are increasingly joining forces with the private sector. Governments claim that public funds are in limited supply, and that additional investment from businesses is necessary in order to achieve leverage effects. The use of entrepreneurial know-how creates a win-win situation for everyone involved, insist the proponents of public-private collaboration in the aid sector. Critics, however, say that getting private companies involved in development aid was merely a way of promoting foreign trade and has not benefited the hungry. This documentary analyses the political background behind public-private partnerships in development aid. It looks at seven different models of collaboration in the food and agricultural sector in Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania: from the attempt launched by German companies to increase the productivity of Kenyan potato farmers, to the investment fund that uses development aid money to create returns for investors in Germany via huge soy and maize plantations. The result of in-depth research, the film reveals the abuse of state development aid money by the private sector, and highlights the fundamental conflict between industrial and small-scale farming. Is collaboration in development aid between private enterprise and the state possible in a way that genuinely benefits local populations?
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published:01 Jun 2018

views:172275

What is HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? What does HUMANITARIAN CRISIS mean? HUMANITARIAN CRISIS meaning - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS definition - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS explanation.
Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license.
A humanitarian crisis (or "humanitarian disaster") is defined as a singular event or a series of events that are threatening in terms of health, safety or well being of a community or large group of people. It may be an internal or external conflict and usually occurs throughout a large land area. Local, national and international responses are necessary in such events.
Each humanitarian crisis is caused by different factors and as a result, each different humanitarian crisis requires a unique response targeted towards the specific sectors affected. This can result in either short-term or long-term damage. Humanitarian crises can either be natural disasters, man-made disasters or complex emergencies. In such cases, complex emergencies occur as a result of several factors or events that prevent a large group of people from accessing their fundamental needs, such as food, clean water or safe shelter.
Examples of humanitarian crises include armed conflicts, epidemics, famine, natural disasters and other major emergencies. If such a crisis causes large movements of people it could also become a refugee crisis. As such, humanitarian crises are often interconnected and complex and several national and international agencies play roles in the repercussions of the incidences.
There is no simple categorization of humanitarian crises. Different communities and agencies tend to have definitions related to the concrete situations they face. A local fire service will tend to focus on issues such as flooding and weather induced crises. Medical and health related organizations are naturally focused on sudden crises to the health of a community.
An ongoing or lingering pandemic may amount to a humanitarian crisis, especially where there are increasing levels of virulence, or rates of infection as in the case of AIDS, bird flu or Tuberculosis. Major health-related problems such as cancer, global warming typically require an accentuated or punctuated mass-event to justify a label of "crisis" or "disaster".
The InternationalFederation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) lists categories which include different types of natural disasters, technological disasters (i.e. hazardous material spills, Chernobyl-type of nuclear accidents, chemical explosions) and long-term man-made disasters related to "civil strife, civil war and international war". Internationally, the humanitarian response sector has tended to distinguish between natural disasters and complex emergencies which are related to armed conflict and wars.

Humanitarianism

Humanitarianism is a moral of kindness, benevolence, and sympathy extended to all human beings. Humanitarianism has been an evolving concept historically but universality is a common theme in its evolution. No distinction is to be made on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, race, caste, age, religion, ability, or nationality.

Social reform

The historian G. M. Trevelyan viewed humanitarianism as the product of rationalism upon Puritanism. However, in many areas of reform, Christians and rationalists worked together: in the case of slavery, William Wilberforce and the Buxtons, but also Jeremy Bentham and Condorcet; in the case of working conditions, evangelicals such as Lord Shaftesbury, but also Robert Owen and Edwin Chadwick; in the case of punishments, Cesare Beccaria and Samuel Romilly; in the case of the mentally ill, Shaftesbury and Pinel; and in the case of the treatment of animals, Bentham enlisted the aid of Wilberforce. The idea that mankind could be improved by deliberate social change distinct from the conferring of charity was relatively new.

Creative Commons

Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons licenses free of charge to the public. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators. An easy-to-understand one-page explanation of rights, with associated visual symbols, explains the specifics of each Creative Commons license. Creative Commons licenses do not replace copyright, but are based upon it. They replace individual negotiations for specific rights between copyright owner (licensor) and licensee, which are necessary under an "all rights reserved" copyright management, with a "some rights reserved" management employing standardized licenses for re-use cases where no commercial compensation is sought by the copyright owner. The result is an agile, low-overhead and low-cost copyright-management regime, profiting both copyright owners and licensees. Wikipedia uses one of these licenses.

Vikash Mansinghka: AI Assisted Data Analysis for Humanitarian Causes

Sunday, HallD, 10:00am - 10:30am
Today there is an unprecedented opportunity to do good using public data. The main bottleneck is that we can't direct enough statisticians to work on humanitarian projects. At MIT we’ve been developing BayesDB, an open-source platform that addresses some of the these problems. Novice BayesDB users can answer data analysis questions in seconds or minutes with a level of rigor that otherwise requires hours or days of work by someone with advanced training in statistics plus good statistical judgment. This talk will focus on what and why BayesDB is, not how it works. It will use examples from collaborations with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Boston Children's Hospital, showing how BayesDB can jointly analyze neuroimaging data and survey data collected from kids in slums in India. It will also discuss new initiatives aimed at using BayesDB to build empirical maps of poverty, inequality, and psychological suffering. Examples include data on PTSD vulnerability and resilience in US Army Veterans, including data on adverse events caused by psychotropic medication, and on electronic health record data for members of poor, rural US populations. It will also include a brief review of other AI technology being developed by my lab, the MIT Probabilistic Computing Project.

16:30

Bringing hope through the humanitarian cause: Philippe Lévêque at TEDxHECParis

Bringing hope through the humanitarian cause: Philippe Lévêque at TEDxHECParis

Bringing hope through the humanitarian cause: Philippe Lévêque at TEDxHECParis

Philippe Lévêque, CEO of CAREFrance, describes how a trip to Africa changed his life for good. Graduated from HEC Paris in 1982, Philippe Lévêque began his career at IBM France and then became Marketing Director of Systar Inc. After spending a year in Africa, he decided to adopt the humanitarian cause. In May 2000, Philippe Lévêque was appointed CEO of CARE France.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

2:59

Humanitarian Burnout

Humanitarian Burnout

Humanitarian Burnout

Working in emergencies is both rewarding and challenging. There is a high risk of burnout in humanitarian and aid work, so it is important to monitor your own wellbeing.
This short video will help you to recognise some causes and signs of burnout, and provide you with practical tips to prevent burnout and increase your resilience.

2:00

NIKE SPOT for humanitarian causes

NIKE SPOT for humanitarian causes

NIKE SPOT for humanitarian causes

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3:23

Explainer: The War in Yemen Explained in 3 minutes

Explainer: The War in Yemen Explained in 3 minutes

Explainer: The War in Yemen Explained in 3 minutes

Yemen has been facing its worst humanitarian crisis in decades. Thousands of people have been killed and millions have been displaced after Saudi Arabia launched a military offensive in 2015.
The poorest country in the Arab world has become a playground for regional and international powers.
Saudi Arabia considers Houthi rebels, who control vast swathes of the country, an Iranian ally and a direct threat to their security.
Three years into the war, the country has been devastated and civilians are bearing the brunt of the war.
About 17 million Yemenis will face famine if humanitarian aid does not reach them soon.
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Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
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#yemen
#houthi
#saudi
#civil war

2:23

What is the cause of the humanitarian crisis among Muslim populations?

What is the cause of the humanitarian crisis among Muslim populations?

What is the cause of the humanitarian crisis among Muslim populations?

Poverty and profit - the business of development aid | DW Documentary

The UN hopes to combat world hunger and poverty by 2030. But more than 800 million people still suffer chronic undernutrition - a quarter of them in Africa.
Hunger is one of the most common reasons why people flee their homelands. Politicians repeatedly say that the causes behind so many people leaving Africa for Europe have to be addressed. Can the development aid work performed by private companies bring about the desired change? The United Nations has set itself ambitious goals: eradicating poverty and hunger around the world by 2030. To achieve this, state development agencies are increasingly joining forces with the private sector. Governments claim that public funds are in limited supply, and that additional investment from businesses is necessary in order to achieve leverage effects. The use of entrepreneurial know-how creates a win-win situation for everyone involved, insist the proponents of public-private collaboration in the aid sector. Critics, however, say that getting private companies involved in development aid was merely a way of promoting foreign trade and has not benefited the hungry. This documentary analyses the political background behind public-private partnerships in development aid. It looks at seven different models of collaboration in the food and agricultural sector in Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania: from the attempt launched by German companies to increase the productivity of Kenyan potato farmers, to the investment fund that uses development aid money to create returns for investors in Germany via huge soy and maize plantations. The result of in-depth research, the film reveals the abuse of state development aid money by the private sector, and highlights the fundamental conflict between industrial and small-scale farming. Is collaboration in development aid between private enterprise and the state possible in a way that genuinely benefits local populations?
_______
DW Documentary gives you knowledge beyond the headlines. Watch high-class documentaries from German broadcasters and international production companies. Meet intriguing people, travel to distant lands, get a look behind the complexities of daily life and build a deeper understanding of current affairs and global events. Subscribe and explore the world around you with DW Documentary.
Subscribe to DW Documentary:
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3:14

What is HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? What does HUMANITARIAN CRISIS mean? HUMANITARIAN CRISIS meaning

What is HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? What does HUMANITARIAN CRISIS mean? HUMANITARIAN CRISIS meaning

What is HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? What does HUMANITARIAN CRISIS mean? HUMANITARIAN CRISIS meaning

What is HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? What does HUMANITARIAN CRISIS mean? HUMANITARIAN CRISIS meaning - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS definition - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS explanation.
Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license.
A humanitarian crisis (or "humanitarian disaster") is defined as a singular event or a series of events that are threatening in terms of health, safety or well being of a community or large group of people. It may be an internal or external conflict and usually occurs throughout a large land area. Local, national and international responses are necessary in such events.
Each humanitarian crisis is caused by different factors and as a result, each different humanitarian crisis requires a unique response targeted towards the specific sectors affected. This can result in either short-term or long-term damage. Humanitarian crises can either be natural disasters, man-made disasters or complex emergencies. In such cases, complex emergencies occur as a result of several factors or events that prevent a large group of people from accessing their fundamental needs, such as food, clean water or safe shelter.
Examples of humanitarian crises include armed conflicts, epidemics, famine, natural disasters and other major emergencies. If such a crisis causes large movements of people it could also become a refugee crisis. As such, humanitarian crises are often interconnected and complex and several national and international agencies play roles in the repercussions of the incidences.
There is no simple categorization of humanitarian crises. Different communities and agencies tend to have definitions related to the concrete situations they face. A local fire service will tend to focus on issues such as flooding and weather induced crises. Medical and health related organizations are naturally focused on sudden crises to the health of a community.
An ongoing or lingering pandemic may amount to a humanitarian crisis, especially where there are increasing levels of virulence, or rates of infection as in the case of AIDS, bird flu or Tuberculosis. Major health-related problems such as cancer, global warming typically require an accentuated or punctuated mass-event to justify a label of "crisis" or "disaster".
The InternationalFederation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) lists categories which include different types of natural disasters, technological disasters (i.e. hazardous material spills, Chernobyl-type of nuclear accidents, chemical explosions) and long-term man-made disasters related to "civil strife, civil war and international war". Internationally, the humanitarian response sector has tended to distinguish between natural disasters and complex emergencies which are related to armed conflict and wars.

Vikash Mansinghka: AI Assisted Data Analysis for Humanitarian Causes

Sunday, HallD, 10:00am - 10:30am
Today there is an unprecedented opportunity to do good using public data. The main bottleneck is that we can't direct enough statisticians to work on humanitarian projects. At MIT we’ve been developing BayesDB, an open-source platform that addresses some of the these problems. Novice BayesDB users can answer data analysis questions in seconds or minutes with a level of rigor that otherwise requires hours or days of work by someone with advanced training in statistics plus good statistical judgment. This talk will focus on what and why BayesDB is, not how it works. It will use examples from collaborations with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Boston Children's Hospital, showing how BayesDB can jointly analyze neuroimaging data and survey data collec...

published: 18 Jun 2017

Bringing hope through the humanitarian cause: Philippe Lévêque at TEDxHECParis

Philippe Lévêque, CEO of CAREFrance, describes how a trip to Africa changed his life for good. Graduated from HEC Paris in 1982, Philippe Lévêque began his career at IBM France and then became Marketing Director of Systar Inc. After spending a year in Africa, he decided to adopt the humanitarian cause. In May 2000, Philippe Lévêque was appointed CEO of CARE France.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx progr...

published: 14 Nov 2013

Humanitarian Burnout

Working in emergencies is both rewarding and challenging. There is a high risk of burnout in humanitarian and aid work, so it is important to monitor your own wellbeing.
This short video will help you to recognise some causes and signs of burnout, and provide you with practical tips to prevent burnout and increase your resilience.

published: 05 Oct 2017

NIKE SPOT for humanitarian causes

Posted via email from cybernik's posterous

published: 18 Mar 2011

Explainer: The War in Yemen Explained in 3 minutes

Yemen has been facing its worst humanitarian crisis in decades. Thousands of people have been killed and millions have been displaced after Saudi Arabia launched a military offensive in 2015.
The poorest country in the Arab world has become a playground for regional and international powers.
Saudi Arabia considers Houthi rebels, who control vast swathes of the country, an Iranian ally and a direct threat to their security.
Three years into the war, the country has been devastated and civilians are bearing the brunt of the war.
About 17 million Yemenis will face famine if humanitarian aid does not reach them soon.
Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe
Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera
Check our website...

published: 03 Jul 2017

What is the cause of the humanitarian crisis among Muslim populations?

Will Meghan continue with her own choice humanitarian causes?

Will Meghan
continue with her
own choice
humanitarian
causes?

published: 30 Nov 2017

Poverty and profit - the business of development aid | DW Documentary

The UN hopes to combat world hunger and poverty by 2030. But more than 800 million people still suffer chronic undernutrition - a quarter of them in Africa.
Hunger is one of the most common reasons why people flee their homelands. Politicians repeatedly say that the causes behind so many people leaving Africa for Europe have to be addressed. Can the development aid work performed by private companies bring about the desired change? The United Nations has set itself ambitious goals: eradicating poverty and hunger around the world by 2030. To achieve this, state development agencies are increasingly joining forces with the private sector. Governments claim that public funds are in limited supply, and that additional investment from businesses is necessary in order to achieve leverage effec...

published: 01 Jun 2018

What is HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? What does HUMANITARIAN CRISIS mean? HUMANITARIAN CRISIS meaning

What is HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? What does HUMANITARIAN CRISIS mean? HUMANITARIAN CRISIS meaning - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS definition - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS explanation.
Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license.
A humanitarian crisis (or "humanitarian disaster") is defined as a singular event or a series of events that are threatening in terms of health, safety or well being of a community or large group of people. It may be an internal or external conflict and usually occurs throughout a large land area. Local, national and international responses are necessary in such events.
Each humanitarian crisis is caused by different factors and as a result, each different humanitarian crisis requires a unique response targeted towards the speci...

published: 06 Feb 2017

How to Be a Humanitarian

Being a humanitarian does not necessarily involve getting on the next plane to a third world country; there are many ways that you can be a humanitarian in a very local sense. Being a humanitarian means you are working to improve human welfare, regardless of location. Of course, if you do choose to pursue international humanitarian work, you may want to begin by volunteering, then eventually transition your passion for humanitarian causes into a career.
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Vikash Mansinghka: AI Assisted Data Analysis for Humanitarian Causes

Sunday, HallD, 10:00am - 10:30am
Today there is an unprecedented opportunity to do good using public data. The main bottleneck is that we can't direct enough ...

Sunday, HallD, 10:00am - 10:30am
Today there is an unprecedented opportunity to do good using public data. The main bottleneck is that we can't direct enough statisticians to work on humanitarian projects. At MIT we’ve been developing BayesDB, an open-source platform that addresses some of the these problems. Novice BayesDB users can answer data analysis questions in seconds or minutes with a level of rigor that otherwise requires hours or days of work by someone with advanced training in statistics plus good statistical judgment. This talk will focus on what and why BayesDB is, not how it works. It will use examples from collaborations with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Boston Children's Hospital, showing how BayesDB can jointly analyze neuroimaging data and survey data collected from kids in slums in India. It will also discuss new initiatives aimed at using BayesDB to build empirical maps of poverty, inequality, and psychological suffering. Examples include data on PTSD vulnerability and resilience in US Army Veterans, including data on adverse events caused by psychotropic medication, and on electronic health record data for members of poor, rural US populations. It will also include a brief review of other AI technology being developed by my lab, the MIT Probabilistic Computing Project.

Sunday, HallD, 10:00am - 10:30am
Today there is an unprecedented opportunity to do good using public data. The main bottleneck is that we can't direct enough statisticians to work on humanitarian projects. At MIT we’ve been developing BayesDB, an open-source platform that addresses some of the these problems. Novice BayesDB users can answer data analysis questions in seconds or minutes with a level of rigor that otherwise requires hours or days of work by someone with advanced training in statistics plus good statistical judgment. This talk will focus on what and why BayesDB is, not how it works. It will use examples from collaborations with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Boston Children's Hospital, showing how BayesDB can jointly analyze neuroimaging data and survey data collected from kids in slums in India. It will also discuss new initiatives aimed at using BayesDB to build empirical maps of poverty, inequality, and psychological suffering. Examples include data on PTSD vulnerability and resilience in US Army Veterans, including data on adverse events caused by psychotropic medication, and on electronic health record data for members of poor, rural US populations. It will also include a brief review of other AI technology being developed by my lab, the MIT Probabilistic Computing Project.

Philippe Lévêque, CEO of CAREFrance, describes how a trip to Africa changed his life for good. Graduated from HEC Paris in 1982, Philippe Lévêque began his career at IBM France and then became Marketing Director of Systar Inc. After spending a year in Africa, he decided to adopt the humanitarian cause. In May 2000, Philippe Lévêque was appointed CEO of CARE France.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Philippe Lévêque, CEO of CAREFrance, describes how a trip to Africa changed his life for good. Graduated from HEC Paris in 1982, Philippe Lévêque began his career at IBM France and then became Marketing Director of Systar Inc. After spending a year in Africa, he decided to adopt the humanitarian cause. In May 2000, Philippe Lévêque was appointed CEO of CARE France.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Humanitarian Burnout

Working in emergencies is both rewarding and challenging. There is a high risk of burnout in humanitarian and aid work, so it is important to monitor your own w...

Working in emergencies is both rewarding and challenging. There is a high risk of burnout in humanitarian and aid work, so it is important to monitor your own wellbeing.
This short video will help you to recognise some causes and signs of burnout, and provide you with practical tips to prevent burnout and increase your resilience.

Working in emergencies is both rewarding and challenging. There is a high risk of burnout in humanitarian and aid work, so it is important to monitor your own wellbeing.
This short video will help you to recognise some causes and signs of burnout, and provide you with practical tips to prevent burnout and increase your resilience.

Explainer: The War in Yemen Explained in 3 minutes

Yemen has been facing its worst humanitarian crisis in decades. Thousands of people have been killed and millions have been displaced after Saudi Arabia launche...

Yemen has been facing its worst humanitarian crisis in decades. Thousands of people have been killed and millions have been displaced after Saudi Arabia launched a military offensive in 2015.
The poorest country in the Arab world has become a playground for regional and international powers.
Saudi Arabia considers Houthi rebels, who control vast swathes of the country, an Iranian ally and a direct threat to their security.
Three years into the war, the country has been devastated and civilians are bearing the brunt of the war.
About 17 million Yemenis will face famine if humanitarian aid does not reach them soon.
Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe
Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera
Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
#yemen
#houthi
#saudi
#civil war

Yemen has been facing its worst humanitarian crisis in decades. Thousands of people have been killed and millions have been displaced after Saudi Arabia launched a military offensive in 2015.
The poorest country in the Arab world has become a playground for regional and international powers.
Saudi Arabia considers Houthi rebels, who control vast swathes of the country, an Iranian ally and a direct threat to their security.
Three years into the war, the country has been devastated and civilians are bearing the brunt of the war.
About 17 million Yemenis will face famine if humanitarian aid does not reach them soon.
Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe
Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish
Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera
Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
#yemen
#houthi
#saudi
#civil war

Poverty and profit - the business of development aid | DW Documentary

The UN hopes to combat world hunger and poverty by 2030. But more than 800 million people still suffer chronic undernutrition - a quarter of them in Africa.
H...

The UN hopes to combat world hunger and poverty by 2030. But more than 800 million people still suffer chronic undernutrition - a quarter of them in Africa.
Hunger is one of the most common reasons why people flee their homelands. Politicians repeatedly say that the causes behind so many people leaving Africa for Europe have to be addressed. Can the development aid work performed by private companies bring about the desired change? The United Nations has set itself ambitious goals: eradicating poverty and hunger around the world by 2030. To achieve this, state development agencies are increasingly joining forces with the private sector. Governments claim that public funds are in limited supply, and that additional investment from businesses is necessary in order to achieve leverage effects. The use of entrepreneurial know-how creates a win-win situation for everyone involved, insist the proponents of public-private collaboration in the aid sector. Critics, however, say that getting private companies involved in development aid was merely a way of promoting foreign trade and has not benefited the hungry. This documentary analyses the political background behind public-private partnerships in development aid. It looks at seven different models of collaboration in the food and agricultural sector in Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania: from the attempt launched by German companies to increase the productivity of Kenyan potato farmers, to the investment fund that uses development aid money to create returns for investors in Germany via huge soy and maize plantations. The result of in-depth research, the film reveals the abuse of state development aid money by the private sector, and highlights the fundamental conflict between industrial and small-scale farming. Is collaboration in development aid between private enterprise and the state possible in a way that genuinely benefits local populations?
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The UN hopes to combat world hunger and poverty by 2030. But more than 800 million people still suffer chronic undernutrition - a quarter of them in Africa.
Hunger is one of the most common reasons why people flee their homelands. Politicians repeatedly say that the causes behind so many people leaving Africa for Europe have to be addressed. Can the development aid work performed by private companies bring about the desired change? The United Nations has set itself ambitious goals: eradicating poverty and hunger around the world by 2030. To achieve this, state development agencies are increasingly joining forces with the private sector. Governments claim that public funds are in limited supply, and that additional investment from businesses is necessary in order to achieve leverage effects. The use of entrepreneurial know-how creates a win-win situation for everyone involved, insist the proponents of public-private collaboration in the aid sector. Critics, however, say that getting private companies involved in development aid was merely a way of promoting foreign trade and has not benefited the hungry. This documentary analyses the political background behind public-private partnerships in development aid. It looks at seven different models of collaboration in the food and agricultural sector in Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania: from the attempt launched by German companies to increase the productivity of Kenyan potato farmers, to the investment fund that uses development aid money to create returns for investors in Germany via huge soy and maize plantations. The result of in-depth research, the film reveals the abuse of state development aid money by the private sector, and highlights the fundamental conflict between industrial and small-scale farming. Is collaboration in development aid between private enterprise and the state possible in a way that genuinely benefits local populations?
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What is HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? What does HUMANITARIAN CRISIS mean? HUMANITARIAN CRISIS meaning - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS definition - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS explanation.
Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license.
A humanitarian crisis (or "humanitarian disaster") is defined as a singular event or a series of events that are threatening in terms of health, safety or well being of a community or large group of people. It may be an internal or external conflict and usually occurs throughout a large land area. Local, national and international responses are necessary in such events.
Each humanitarian crisis is caused by different factors and as a result, each different humanitarian crisis requires a unique response targeted towards the specific sectors affected. This can result in either short-term or long-term damage. Humanitarian crises can either be natural disasters, man-made disasters or complex emergencies. In such cases, complex emergencies occur as a result of several factors or events that prevent a large group of people from accessing their fundamental needs, such as food, clean water or safe shelter.
Examples of humanitarian crises include armed conflicts, epidemics, famine, natural disasters and other major emergencies. If such a crisis causes large movements of people it could also become a refugee crisis. As such, humanitarian crises are often interconnected and complex and several national and international agencies play roles in the repercussions of the incidences.
There is no simple categorization of humanitarian crises. Different communities and agencies tend to have definitions related to the concrete situations they face. A local fire service will tend to focus on issues such as flooding and weather induced crises. Medical and health related organizations are naturally focused on sudden crises to the health of a community.
An ongoing or lingering pandemic may amount to a humanitarian crisis, especially where there are increasing levels of virulence, or rates of infection as in the case of AIDS, bird flu or Tuberculosis. Major health-related problems such as cancer, global warming typically require an accentuated or punctuated mass-event to justify a label of "crisis" or "disaster".
The InternationalFederation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) lists categories which include different types of natural disasters, technological disasters (i.e. hazardous material spills, Chernobyl-type of nuclear accidents, chemical explosions) and long-term man-made disasters related to "civil strife, civil war and international war". Internationally, the humanitarian response sector has tended to distinguish between natural disasters and complex emergencies which are related to armed conflict and wars.

What is HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? What does HUMANITARIAN CRISIS mean? HUMANITARIAN CRISIS meaning - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS definition - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS explanation.
Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license.
A humanitarian crisis (or "humanitarian disaster") is defined as a singular event or a series of events that are threatening in terms of health, safety or well being of a community or large group of people. It may be an internal or external conflict and usually occurs throughout a large land area. Local, national and international responses are necessary in such events.
Each humanitarian crisis is caused by different factors and as a result, each different humanitarian crisis requires a unique response targeted towards the specific sectors affected. This can result in either short-term or long-term damage. Humanitarian crises can either be natural disasters, man-made disasters or complex emergencies. In such cases, complex emergencies occur as a result of several factors or events that prevent a large group of people from accessing their fundamental needs, such as food, clean water or safe shelter.
Examples of humanitarian crises include armed conflicts, epidemics, famine, natural disasters and other major emergencies. If such a crisis causes large movements of people it could also become a refugee crisis. As such, humanitarian crises are often interconnected and complex and several national and international agencies play roles in the repercussions of the incidences.
There is no simple categorization of humanitarian crises. Different communities and agencies tend to have definitions related to the concrete situations they face. A local fire service will tend to focus on issues such as flooding and weather induced crises. Medical and health related organizations are naturally focused on sudden crises to the health of a community.
An ongoing or lingering pandemic may amount to a humanitarian crisis, especially where there are increasing levels of virulence, or rates of infection as in the case of AIDS, bird flu or Tuberculosis. Major health-related problems such as cancer, global warming typically require an accentuated or punctuated mass-event to justify a label of "crisis" or "disaster".
The InternationalFederation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) lists categories which include different types of natural disasters, technological disasters (i.e. hazardous material spills, Chernobyl-type of nuclear accidents, chemical explosions) and long-term man-made disasters related to "civil strife, civil war and international war". Internationally, the humanitarian response sector has tended to distinguish between natural disasters and complex emergencies which are related to armed conflict and wars.

Vikash Mansinghka: AI Assisted Data Analysis for Humanitarian Causes

Sunday, HallD, 10:00am - 10:30am
Today there is an unprecedented opportunity to do good using public data. The main bottleneck is that we can't direct enough statisticians to work on humanitarian projects. At MIT we’ve been developing BayesDB, an open-source platform that addresses some of the these problems. Novice BayesDB users can answer data analysis questions in seconds or minutes with a level of rigor that otherwise requires hours or days of work by someone with advanced training in statistics plus good statistical judgment. This talk will focus on what and why BayesDB is, not how it works. It will use examples from collaborations with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Boston Children's Hospital, showing how BayesDB can jointly analyze neuroimaging data and survey data collected from kids in slums in India. It will also discuss new initiatives aimed at using BayesDB to build empirical maps of poverty, inequality, and psychological suffering. Examples include data on PTSD vulnerability and resilience in US Army Veterans, including data on adverse events caused by psychotropic medication, and on electronic health record data for members of poor, rural US populations. It will also include a brief review of other AI technology being developed by my lab, the MIT Probabilistic Computing Project.

Bringing hope through the humanitarian cause: Philippe Lévêque at TEDxHECParis

Philippe Lévêque, CEO of CAREFrance, describes how a trip to Africa changed his life for good. Graduated from HEC Paris in 1982, Philippe Lévêque began his career at IBM France and then became Marketing Director of Systar Inc. After spending a year in Africa, he decided to adopt the humanitarian cause. In May 2000, Philippe Lévêque was appointed CEO of CARE France.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Humanitarian Burnout

Working in emergencies is both rewarding and challenging. There is a high risk of burnout in humanitarian and aid work, so it is important to monitor your own wellbeing.
This short video will help you to recognise some causes and signs of burnout, and provide you with practical tips to prevent burnout and increase your resilience.

Explainer: The War in Yemen Explained in 3 minutes

Yemen has been facing its worst humanitarian crisis in decades. Thousands of people have been killed and millions have been displaced after Saudi Arabia launched a military offensive in 2015.
The poorest country in the Arab world has become a playground for regional and international powers.
Saudi Arabia considers Houthi rebels, who control vast swathes of the country, an Iranian ally and a direct threat to their security.
Three years into the war, the country has been devastated and civilians are bearing the brunt of the war.
About 17 million Yemenis will face famine if humanitarian aid does not reach them soon.
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Poverty and profit - the business of development aid | DW Documentary

The UN hopes to combat world hunger and poverty by 2030. But more than 800 million people still suffer chronic undernutrition - a quarter of them in Africa.
Hunger is one of the most common reasons why people flee their homelands. Politicians repeatedly say that the causes behind so many people leaving Africa for Europe have to be addressed. Can the development aid work performed by private companies bring about the desired change? The United Nations has set itself ambitious goals: eradicating poverty and hunger around the world by 2030. To achieve this, state development agencies are increasingly joining forces with the private sector. Governments claim that public funds are in limited supply, and that additional investment from businesses is necessary in order to achieve leverage effects. The use of entrepreneurial know-how creates a win-win situation for everyone involved, insist the proponents of public-private collaboration in the aid sector. Critics, however, say that getting private companies involved in development aid was merely a way of promoting foreign trade and has not benefited the hungry. This documentary analyses the political background behind public-private partnerships in development aid. It looks at seven different models of collaboration in the food and agricultural sector in Kenya, Zambia and Tanzania: from the attempt launched by German companies to increase the productivity of Kenyan potato farmers, to the investment fund that uses development aid money to create returns for investors in Germany via huge soy and maize plantations. The result of in-depth research, the film reveals the abuse of state development aid money by the private sector, and highlights the fundamental conflict between industrial and small-scale farming. Is collaboration in development aid between private enterprise and the state possible in a way that genuinely benefits local populations?
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What is HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? What does HUMANITARIAN CRISIS mean? HUMANITARIAN CRISIS meaning

What is HUMANITARIAN CRISIS? What does HUMANITARIAN CRISIS mean? HUMANITARIAN CRISIS meaning - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS definition - HUMANITARIAN CRISIS explanation.
Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license.
A humanitarian crisis (or "humanitarian disaster") is defined as a singular event or a series of events that are threatening in terms of health, safety or well being of a community or large group of people. It may be an internal or external conflict and usually occurs throughout a large land area. Local, national and international responses are necessary in such events.
Each humanitarian crisis is caused by different factors and as a result, each different humanitarian crisis requires a unique response targeted towards the specific sectors affected. This can result in either short-term or long-term damage. Humanitarian crises can either be natural disasters, man-made disasters or complex emergencies. In such cases, complex emergencies occur as a result of several factors or events that prevent a large group of people from accessing their fundamental needs, such as food, clean water or safe shelter.
Examples of humanitarian crises include armed conflicts, epidemics, famine, natural disasters and other major emergencies. If such a crisis causes large movements of people it could also become a refugee crisis. As such, humanitarian crises are often interconnected and complex and several national and international agencies play roles in the repercussions of the incidences.
There is no simple categorization of humanitarian crises. Different communities and agencies tend to have definitions related to the concrete situations they face. A local fire service will tend to focus on issues such as flooding and weather induced crises. Medical and health related organizations are naturally focused on sudden crises to the health of a community.
An ongoing or lingering pandemic may amount to a humanitarian crisis, especially where there are increasing levels of virulence, or rates of infection as in the case of AIDS, bird flu or Tuberculosis. Major health-related problems such as cancer, global warming typically require an accentuated or punctuated mass-event to justify a label of "crisis" or "disaster".
The InternationalFederation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) lists categories which include different types of natural disasters, technological disasters (i.e. hazardous material spills, Chernobyl-type of nuclear accidents, chemical explosions) and long-term man-made disasters related to "civil strife, civil war and international war". Internationally, the humanitarian response sector has tended to distinguish between natural disasters and complex emergencies which are related to armed conflict and wars.

Humanitarianism

Humanitarianism is a moral of kindness, benevolence, and sympathy extended to all human beings. Humanitarianism has been an evolving concept historically but universality is a common theme in its evolution. No distinction is to be made on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, race, caste, age, religion, ability, or nationality.

Social reform

The historian G. M. Trevelyan viewed humanitarianism as the product of rationalism upon Puritanism. However, in many areas of reform, Christians and rationalists worked together: in the case of slavery, William Wilberforce and the Buxtons, but also Jeremy Bentham and Condorcet; in the case of working conditions, evangelicals such as Lord Shaftesbury, but also Robert Owen and Edwin Chadwick; in the case of punishments, Cesare Beccaria and Samuel Romilly; in the case of the mentally ill, Shaftesbury and Pinel; and in the case of the treatment of animals, Bentham enlisted the aid of Wilberforce. The idea that mankind could be improved by deliberate social change distinct from the conferring of charity was relatively new.

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